Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. Cross References Jeremiah 8:5 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. Jeremiah 9:6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD. Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? Micah 6:10 Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? Zephaniah 1:9 On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit. Treasury of Scripture As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. cage. Revelation 18:2 so are. Proverbs 1:11-13 Hosea 12:7,8 Amos 8:4-6 |